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Michael MarksFrom Texas Standard: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced a trade agreement Wednesday between the state and a group of settlers on the West Bank of Israel. Neither the U.S. government nor the United Nations recognizes the settlements.Sid Miller's Trade Deal With Israel Settlers Was Designed To Provokehttp://kut.org/post/sid-millers-trade-deal-israel-settlers-was-designed-provoke
17470 as http://kut.orgThu, 30 Mar 2017 18:59:46 +0000Sid Miller's Trade Deal With Israel Settlers Was Designed To ProvokeNPR StaffPresident Trump is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. The two are holding a joint press conference amid differing messages emanating from the Trump administration about its stance on the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Trump Holds News Conference With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu http://kut.org/post/trump-holds-news-conference-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu
17056 as http://kut.orgWed, 15 Feb 2017 17:26:46 +0000Trump Holds News Conference With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Rhonda FanningFrom Texas Standard: Gov. Greg Abbott is on his third official international trip since being sworn in last January. Yesterday in Jerusalem, the Governor met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . Last week Abbott said the purpose of the upcoming meeting was to promote business ties abroad. However, since news broke over the weekend of the U.S. prisoner swap and an end to sanctions against Iran, Monday's meeting seemed more like a political trip. That’s left some scratching their heads, and others nodding in approval.Despite Sanctions Lift, Greg Abbott Wants to Stop Texas Trade with Iranhttp://kut.org/post/despite-sanctions-lift-greg-abbott-wants-stop-texas-trade-iran
14234 as http://kut.orgTue, 19 Jan 2016 20:30:00 +0000Despite Sanctions Lift, Greg Abbott Wants to Stop Texas Trade with IranRecent world events seem so complicated – and perhaps intractable – that some citizens may reel from a sense of hopelessness. But maybe our collective memory fails us – it’s easy to forget how much the world can change in just a matter of days. In less than two weeks in 1978, a world-changing event not only ended one of the most bitter conflict in modern history (or at least a part of it), with effects that endure to this day. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright speaks with Texas Standard’s David Brown about his new book, " Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp David ," a detailed account of the Camp David accords between Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Facilitated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the agreement brought peace between Egypt and Israel.How 'Thirteen Days in September' Shows Middle East Peace is Still Possiblehttp://kut.org/post/how-thirteen-days-september-shows-middle-east-peace-still-possible
11389 as http://kut.orgMon, 20 Oct 2014 16:49:17 +0000How 'Thirteen Days in September' Shows Middle East Peace is Still PossibleThis summer’s escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has come to a relative stand-still with both sides currently holding to the cease-fire signed late last month. But many say the conflict is far from resolution. In its inaugural episode, “In Perspective” invites subject matter experts from UT-Austin, New York University, and Rice University to discuss the conflict, its future and its impact on Israeli and Palestinian cultures with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy.In Perspective: Is the Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire a Calm Before Another Storm?http://kut.org/post/perspective-israeli-palestinian-cease-fire-calm-another-storm
11239 as http://kut.orgWed, 17 Sep 2014 15:00:32 +0000In Perspective: Is the Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire a Calm Before Another Storm?Eyder PeraltaAfter nearly a month of brutal war, Gaza was calm for a second day on Wednesday. And as that negotiated, three-day peace took hold, diplomacy stepped front and center. In an interview with the BBC , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said both sides should take advantage of this moment to forge a longer-lasting peace. Kerry said the U.S. supports Palestinians' desire to rebuild and open up borders, but that will happen only under a "bigger, broader approach to the underlying solution of two states." Meanwhile, CBS News reports that Egyptian mediators soon will begin shuttling peace proposals between the two sides. The network reports: "Some details have emerged about the negotiating points of Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, including an internationally funded reconstruction that would be overseen by a Palestinian unity government led by President Mahmoud Abbas. "Meanwhile, Norway is organizing a donor conference and the Western-backed Abbas is expected to take theGaza Conflict: Cease-Fire Holds As Kerry Calls For Fresh Peace Talkshttp://kut.org/post/gaza-conflict-cease-fire-holds-kerry-calls-fresh-peace-talks
10961 as http://kut.orgWed, 06 Aug 2014 14:44:31 +0000Gaza Conflict: Cease-Fire Holds As Kerry Calls For Fresh Peace TalksEyder PeraltaAfter nearly a month of fighting, a negotiated, three-day peace has taken hold in Gaza. As NPR's Emily Harris reports, Israel has also ordered all of its troops out of Gaza. But this may not mean the end of the current conflict, because the Israel Defense Forces said its troops would maintain a defensive position and respond to any attacks. Case in point: By morning just before the truce started, Emily said she heard rocket fire out of Gaza. But things have calmed down and the AP reports that in Gaza "traffic picked up and shops started opening doors." With that, here's what you need to know as the conflict in Gaza enters its 29th day: -- The Peace Process: The AP reports if this fragile cease-fire holds, the peace process may begin anew. The AP adds: "Egypt plans to start shuttling between Israeli and Palestinian delegations in Cairo to work out new arrangements for Gaza. The territory has been virtually cut off from the world since a violent Hamas takeover in 2007 prompted a closureAs Truce Takes Effect, Israel Withdraws Troops From Gazahttp://kut.org/post/truce-takes-effect-israel-withdraws-troops-gaza
10946 as http://kut.orgTue, 05 Aug 2014 11:12:05 +0000As Truce Takes Effect, Israel Withdraws Troops From GazaThere are some signs that the current conflict in Gaza is de-escalating: As the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports , the Israel Defense Forces have started pulling their troops out of Gaza and "stationing the remaining soldiers on hills on the Palestinian side of the border with Israel." Israel has also declared a unilateral, seven-hour, humanitarian cease-fire that covers the better part of today. But as The Washington Post notes , just before the cease-fire started, an "Israeli airstrike killed a militant leader in the Gaza Strip" and "Palestinians later accused Israel of breaking its own truce by bombing a refu­gee camp." That's all to say that a long-lasting peace remains elusive. With that, as the conflict in Gaza enters its 28th day, here's what you need to know today: -- An Attack In Jerusalem: In what Israeli authorities called a terrorist attack, a man driving a backhoe rammed into a bus in Jerusalem. Haaretz reports one person was killed and several others were injured. TheGaza Conflict: Israel Begins Redeploying Troops http://kut.org/post/gaza-conflict-israel-begins-redeploying-troops
10940 as http://kut.orgMon, 04 Aug 2014 12:01:42 +0000Gaza Conflict: Israel Begins Redeploying Troops Bill Chappell, NPRAn Israeli airstrike outside a U.N.-run school in Gaza killed at least 10 people Sunday, Palestinian health officials say. The attack came as Israel declares that a soldier believed to have been captured had actually died in battle. Update at 7:35 p.m. ET: U.S. And U.N. Condemn Attack The attack at the school "is a moral outrage and a criminal act," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday. He released a strongly worded statement saying the airstrike was "yet another gross violation of international humanitarian law." Both the U.N. and the U.S. are calling for an investigation into the attack, as they also urged both sides to take more precautions to keep civilians safe. "The United States is appalled by today's disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said . Noting that the school's coordinates for U.N. facilities in Gaza "have been repeatedly communicated to the Israeli Defense Forces,U.S. 'Appalled' By Deadly Airstrike Outside U.N. School In Gazahttp://kut.org/post/gaza-deadly-attack-near-un-school-update-israeli-soldier
10937 as http://kut.orgSun, 03 Aug 2014 19:22:19 +0000U.S. 'Appalled' By Deadly Airstrike Outside U.N. School In GazaBill Chappell, NPRA day after they were to begin a cease-fire, Israel and Hamas are still firing at one another, in a conflict that has killed at least 1,650 Gazans, 63 Israeli soldiers and 3 Israeli civilians, according to tallies from the respective sides. Those numbers surpass the estimated fatalities from the last major Gaza conflict, which raged for around three weeks from 2008-2009. Hamas, which has been condemned for breaking a temporary peace and capturing an Israeli soldier, said Saturday that it has lost contact with the group that conducted the ambush that killed two soldiers and resulted in Lt. Hadar Goldin's capture. The military wing of Hamas released a statement today, NPR's Emily Harris reports, in which it said that after an Israeli bombardment, "the Hamas fighters are believed to be dead and if there was a soldier with them, he probably is too." We'll update this post as news requires. Update at 7:20 p.m. ET: IDF Declares Captured Soldier Dead In a statement on Saturday, the IsraeliGaza Update: Netanyahu Hails Military's Success; IDF Declares Soldier Deadhttp://kut.org/post/gaza-update-fate-israeli-soldier-unknown-death-toll-surpasses-2009-level
10936 as http://kut.orgSat, 02 Aug 2014 14:45:32 +0000Gaza Update: Netanyahu Hails Military's Success; IDF Declares Soldier DeadIt was negotiated as a three-day humanitarian cease-fire that was to start at 8 a.m. local time today. But just hours in, fighting erupted again in Gaza. Palestinian authorities told The Associated Press that at least 27 people were killed in Gaza after an Israeli tank opened fire. NPR's Emily Harris reports that Israel accused Hamas of continuing its rocket fire. One Israeli official told Emily: "At this point, it's clear the Palestinians violated the cease-fire in three ways. They attacked us in Gaza, they sent rockets toward Israeli cities, and they fired mortar shells on the Kerem crossing." Right before 2 p.m. local time, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, Peter Lerner, said the cease-fire was over. With that, here's what you need to know as the conflict enters its 25th day: -- An Israeli Soldier Captured Lerner also tells NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson that as Israeli forces were working to decommission a tunnel, an Israeli soldier was "abducted by terrorists." He said theFighting Resumes In Gaza, As Israeli Military Says Cease-Fire Is Over http://kut.org/post/fighting-resumes-gaza-israeli-military-says-cease-fire-over
10926 as http://kut.orgFri, 01 Aug 2014 11:51:27 +0000Fighting Resumes In Gaza, As Israeli Military Says Cease-Fire Is Over Scott NeumanUpdated at 5:20 p.m. ET. The Pentagon has confirmed that Israel was given permission last week to dip into a little-known U.S. munitions stockpile to draw tank shells and illumination rounds for its ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip. NPR's Tom Bowman reports that the billion-dollar U.S. "emergency" stockpile, based on Israeli soil, was established in the 1980s as part of an agreement of expanded cooperation between the two nations. A report from the Congressional Research Service says the cache of U.S. arms and equipment, known as the War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-1) program, can be used by Israel with U.S. approval. The last time the U.S. granted access to the arsenal was during the 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, CRS says. The confirmation comes as the White House today said Israel must do more to protect civilians from harm following an Israeli artillery attack that struck a U.N. school housing hundreds of refugees, killing 15 and wounding more than 100. BothIsrael Allowed To Tap U.S. Munitions Cache For Gaza Offensivehttp://kut.org/post/israel-allowed-tap-us-munitions-cache-gaza-offensive
10921 as http://kut.orgThu, 31 Jul 2014 21:13:03 +0000Israel Allowed To Tap U.S. Munitions Cache For Gaza Offensivehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3lYK6OmMI Perhaps signaling a widening of its offensive in Gaza, Israel called up 16,000 reservists on Thursday. That means Israel has activated 86,000 reservists since the conflict started. USA Today reports that at the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy tunnels built by Hamas "with our without a cease-fire." "Netanyahu said he won't accept any truce that will not allow Israel to achieve its goal of destroying the tunnel network it says is used to carry out attacks inside Israel," the paper reports. "Hamas said it will only lay down arms once Israel and Egypt give guarantees that a seven-year Gaza border blockade will be lifted." With that, here's what you need to know as the conflict enters its 24th day: -- A Few Days From Destroying Tunnels: Reuters reports that Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman, chief of Israeli forces in Gaza, said that the Israeli army was "a few days away from destroying all the attack tunnels." NPR'sConflict In Gaza: What You Need To Know Today http://kut.org/post/conflict-gaza-what-you-need-know-today
10911 as http://kut.orgThu, 31 Jul 2014 14:14:47 +0000Conflict In Gaza: What You Need To Know Today Gaza Conflict: Shell Strikes U.N. School, Killing Up To 19 Who Sought Shelter http://kut.org/post/gaza-conflict-shell-strikes-un-school-killing-19-who-sought-shelter
10903 as http://kut.orgWed, 30 Jul 2014 12:10:50 +0000Gaza Conflict: Shell Strikes U.N. School, Killing Up To 19 Who Sought Shelter Alan GreenblattIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dismissed international calls for an immediate cease-fire in the country's conflict with Hamas in Gaza. "We need to be prepared for a long operation until our mission is accomplished," Netanyahu said in televised remarks. He defined that mission the same way Israeli officials have since launching a ground offensive in Gaza: taking out the tunnels Hamas uses to infiltrate Israel. "Israeli citizens cannot live with the threat from rockets and from death tunnels — death from above and from below," Netanyahu said, adding that Israelis would not "end this operation without neutralizing the tunnels, whose sole purpose is killing our citizens." After a brief lull in fighting to mark a Muslim holiday — and following adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an "immediate and unconditional" cease-fire — intense shelling resumed in Gaza on Monday night. "The Israeli Defense Forces warned residents of neighborhoods inNetanyahu: Israel Is Prepared For 'Long Operation' In Gazahttp://kut.org/post/netanyahu-israel-prepared-long-operation-gaza
10889 as http://kut.orgMon, 28 Jul 2014 21:33:46 +0000Netanyahu: Israel Is Prepared For 'Long Operation' In Gaza(This post was last updated at 6:30 p.m. ET.) In a resolution overnight, the United Nations Security Council called for an "immediate and unconditional" cease-fire in Gaza. As USA Today reports , the Security Council called on both Israel and Hamas "to accept and fully implement the humanitarian cease-fire into the Eid period and beyond." Despite that call, fighting continued. The Associated Press reports that Israeli jets continued their offensive in Gaza, and Hamas militants continued to launch rockets into Israel. Explosions hit a hospital clinic in the Gaza Strip as well as a nearby playground; Hamas and Israel each blamed the other. With that, here's what you need to know as the conflict enters its 21st day: -- The Death Toll The death toll has reached more than 1,000 in Gaza; 40 Israeli soldiers have been killed along with three civilians. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has this graphic, which breaks down casualties as of July 26 (the redConflict In Gaza: Here's What You Need To Know Today http://kut.org/post/conflict-gaza-heres-what-you-need-know-today
10881 as http://kut.orgMon, 28 Jul 2014 12:36:31 +0000Conflict In Gaza: Here's What You Need To Know Today Updated at 5:20 p.m. ET. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called reports that Israel's government had rejected a U.S. truce in Gaza "a mischievous leak" and said he's confident a deal can be reached. Referring to earlier reports by Israeli TV that a seven-day cease-fire had been unanimously rejected, Kerry, speaking at a news conference in Cairo, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had assured him that the report is "an error and inaccurate. "They may have rejected some language or suggestion, but there was no formal proposal submitted by me on which a vote was ripe," he said. "There's always mischief from people who oppose things. So, I consider that a mischievous leak," Kerry said. "We still have terminology to work through," Kerry said, "but we are confident that we have a fundamental framework that will ultimately work." He referred to "the agony of the events on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel." The BBC reports : "Just after Mr Kerry spoke to reporters, theKerry: Gaza Truce Still In Playhttp://kut.org/post/kerry-presents-proposal-seven-day-truce-gaza
10866 as http://kut.orgFri, 25 Jul 2014 13:19:15 +0000Kerry: Gaza Truce Still In PlayUpdated at 5:35 p.m. ET. As the conflict between Israel and Gaza approaches the three-week mark, the fighting seems to have only intensified. At least 119 Palestinians were killed Thursday , making it the bloodiest day of the war. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Cairo and has handed over a proposal for a seven-day truce . At a news briefing later, Kerry dismissed reports that the proposal had been rebuffed by Israel's Security Cabinet , saying they were "mischievous leaks." David Estrin, reporting for NPR from Jerusalem, says the death toll has risen to nearly 850 in Gaza, according to Gazan health ministry officials. Israel says 32 soldiers and three civilians have been killed in the 18-day offensive it launched in response to cross-border rocket attacks by Hamas. Meanwhile, seven Palestinians were killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron and three separate villages during protests over the fighting in Gaza that led to clashes with Israeli security forces, accordingGaza Conflict: What To Know For Fridayhttp://kut.org/post/israel-gaza-conflict-what-know-friday
10863 as http://kut.orgFri, 25 Jul 2014 09:07:20 +0000Gaza Conflict: What To Know For FridayAs the conflict between Israel and Palestine in Gaza continues , officials with the University of Texas International Office say they've been in close contact with graduate students and faculty conducting research in Israel. “None of our students are anywhere near the Gaza Strip or the West Bank,” UT International Office risk analyst Erin Wolf says. Wolf says six graduate students and a handful of faculty are doing research projects in Israel and that in addition to providing academic support, local universities are also giving them direction.UT Students Stay in Israel Despite Ongoing Violencehttp://kut.org/post/ut-students-stay-israel-despite-ongoing-violence
10857 as http://kut.orgThu, 24 Jul 2014 18:16:29 +0000UT Students Stay in Israel Despite Ongoing ViolenceA top White House adviser says any cease-fire agreement between Israel and Palestinians must include the demilitarization of Gaza. In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken said "that needs to be the end result." "There has to be some way forward that does not involve Hamas having the ability to continue to rain down rockets on Israeli civilians," Blinken said. Asked if this means the U.S. has endorsed Israel's demand that Hamas give up its weapons, Blinken said: "One of the results, one would hope, of a cease-fire would be some form of demilitarization, so that again, this doesn't continue, doesn't repeat itself. This is what we've seen happen multiple times over the past few years, which is these rockets coming from Gaza, which Hamas controls, as well as more recently the tunneling to Israel with terrorists trying to infiltrate Israel. And no country can accept that. So that needs to be the end result of this process." Of course, Hamas isWhite House Adviser: Cease-Fire Should Include Demilitarization Of Gazahttp://kut.org/post/white-house-adviser-cease-fire-should-include-demilitarization-gaza
10844 as http://kut.orgWed, 23 Jul 2014 16:51:50 +0000White House Adviser: Cease-Fire Should Include Demilitarization Of Gaza